Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Idaho Councilman Charged With Insurance Fraud
Jun 20 2013 // A former city councilman from eastern Idaho who resigned earlier this year then left the state is back in Idaho and charged with two felonies. The Post Register reported that Lawrence Blackburn was arraigned in 7th...
Idaho Insurance Department Launches Portable Electronics License
Jun 18 2013 // The Idaho Department of Insurance will begin licensing businesses to sell portable electronics insurance to cover the repair or replacement of portable electronic devices such as cell phones and tablets and their...
OSHA Fines Idaho Company Over Natural Gas Explosion
Jun 5 2013 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Lewiston, Idaho construction company for its role in a natural gas explosion in downtown Lewiston last November. The Lewiston Tribune reported OSHA cited M.L....
Idaho State University To Pay $400K For Medical Records Breach
May 24 2013 // Idaho State University is paying a $400,000 to the federal government to settle allegations it improperly exposed confidential medical records. In August 2011, ISU told the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of a...
Ohio Insurance Director Warns of Healthcare-Related ID Scam
May 10 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor issued an alert after reports surfaced that telephone con artists are attempting to steal Ohioans’ personal information using the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
Fired Idaho Head Football Coach Files Lawsuit
May 9 2013 // Fired University of Idaho football coach Robb Akey has filed a lawsuit against the school. The Idaho State Judiciary website lists the suit as having been filed April 16 in Latah County and names the University of Idaho,...
Idaho Sues Former Lawmaker Over Workers’ Comp
May 8 2013 // The Idaho Industrial Commission has filed a lawsuit against a former state lawmaker from northern Idaho over unpaid workers’ compensation insurance. The lawsuit filed in 1st District Court against accuses former...
Idaho School Found Liable In Boy’s Driver’s Ed Death
May 6 2013 // A Blaine County jury has awarded $3.5 million in damages to the family of a 15-year-old Carey boy who died in a crash during his driver’s education class. The Idaho Mountain Express reports jurors deliberated for...
Idaho Firm Pursues State Officials In IEN Lawsuit
Apr 30 2013 // Idaho’s former Department of Administration director and its chief technology officer are being targeted by a company that says they illegally denied it a role in a $60 million broadband deal. Syringa Networks now...
Struggling Idaho Alt Energy Company Sued Again
Apr 26 2013 // An Idaho alternative energy company beset by lawsuits faces another one, this time from a bike race that says it hasn’t been paid millions in promised sponsorship money. Exergy Development Group of Boise and its...
Transgender Driver’s Licenses for Idaho
Apr 25 2013 // The Idaho Transportation Department this week agreed to new regulations allowing transgender drivers to change the sex designation on their driver’s licenses without a note from a surgeon, after two people complained...
Family Sues Idaho Hospital Over Father’s Death
Apr 23 2013 // James Dorsey led a full and active life, his final years spent helping care for his grandchildren and enjoying big family dinners. The 70-year-old died Sept. 12, 2011 at Complex Care of Idaho in Meridian. His family...
5 Killed In Idaho Home Fire After Electrical Short
Apr 15 2013 // An extension cord hooked to an electric grill on a porch shorted out and started a house fire that killed five people Saturday morning, a northern Idaho fire official says. Orofino Fire Chief Mike Lee said the house was...
Study: Idaho Still Ranks Low For Employee Health Insurance
Apr 12 2013 // A new national study shows Idaho is again ranked among states with the lowest percentage of companies that offer workers employer-sponsored health insurance. Idaho ranks 4th nationally – trailing Alaska, Montana and...
University Of Idaho Student Sues After Fraternity Fall
Apr 8 2013 // A University of Idaho student who suffered injuries after falling at a fraternity has filed a lawsuit against a national fraternal organization seeking money to pay medical costs of more than $10,000, plus other...
New Mexico Man Gets $70K Settlement In Mistaken ID Arrest
Apr 4 2013 // A New Mexico county is paying a $70,000 settlement to a man who was arrested and then jailed for several days after being mistaken for another man with the same name. Attorney John Day, who represents Anthony Ortiz of Rio...
Bond Set At $1M Following Idaho Man’s 7th DUI Charge
Mar 28 2013 // A south-central Idaho man with six previous convictions for driving under the influence has been charged with a seventh after police say he attempted to elude officers before crashing into a power pole. The Times-News...
Idaho Hospital Faces Monopoly Lawsuit
Mar 27 2013 // A lawsuit has been filed against Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho contending the hospital prevented competition by controlling the area’s anesthesiologists and is overcharging patients. The Idaho Business...
Oregon Trooper uses Facebook to ID driver
Mar 20 2013 // Oregon State Police say a trooper checked Facebook to determine that a driver whose face didn’t match his license was really a fugitive wanted on felony warrants. Lt. Gregg Hastings says an equipment violation...
Ex-Charter School Principal Claims Wrongful Firing in Idaho
Mar 18 2013 // The former co-principal of a southwestern Idaho charter school is suing the school and its board chairman for wrongful dismissal because she says she was fired after reporting that the school was violating admission...
